Amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 20132.

(1)

Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the 2013 Act (Competition and Markets Authority: the CMA panel) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 35 (membership of CMA panel)7—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1), omit paragraph (e),

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2), for “(e)” substitute “(d)”, and

(c)

in sub-paragraph (3), in the definition of “specialist utility functions”, after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)

an appeal under article 14B of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (SI 1992/231 (NI 1));

(db)

an appeal under article 14B of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/275 (NI 2));”.

(3)

In paragraph 48 (performance of functions of chair with respect to constitution etc of CMA group)8, in sub-paragraph(4)(c), after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iia)

Schedule 5A to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (SI 1992/231 (NI 1));

(iib)

Schedule 3A to the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/275 (NI 2));”.

(4)

In paragraph 51 (requirement to make rules of procedure for certain groups), in sub-paragraph (6)(c), omit sub-paragraphs (v) and (vii).